- Constance/Bodensee
- (Ger.) Lake bounded by Switzerland, Germany, and Austria; the principal lakeside city is Constance in English and French, but Konstanz in German.
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Constance/Bodensee
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Bodensee — kaldes også for Lac de Constance … Danske encyklopædi
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